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Althea Medical Journal
Published by Universitas Padjadjaran
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Althea Medical Journal (AMJ) is a peer reviewed electronic scientific publication journal which is published every 3 months (March, June, September, and December). Althea Medical Journal publishes articles related to research in biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, family-community medicine, and public health.
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Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes from Throat Swab in Acute Pharyngitis Patients Ibnu Tsabit Maulana; Imam Megantara; Ike Rostikawati Husen
Althea Medical Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2016)
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Background: Pharyngitis is an inflammation of throat that may be caused by viral and bacteria. Although Streptococcus pyogenes is only responsible for 5−15% of cases of pharyngitis in adults. Antibiotics are highly prescribed for this infection, thus it could lead to antibiotic resistance. The main reason for antibiotic overprescription is the difficulty to obtain a rapid and correct etiological diagnosis. This study aimed to determine the frequency of Streptococcus pyogenes from throat swab in patient with acute pharyngitis in Padjadjaran Clinic.Methods: This study was a descriptive study. Specimen was taken from the patients in Padjadjaran Clinic on September until October 2014. Thirty-five patients with acute pharyngitis that met the selection criteria were recruited for throat swab. Then, specimens obtained were performed an identification testing to determine whether there was a colonization of Streptococcus pyogenes. Results: Thirty five patients were found with acute pharyngitis consist of 14 male and 21 female, with age ranged between 16−34 years old. From the identification testing result, Streptococcus pyogenes was not found from throat swabs of patient with acute pharyngitis in Padjadjaran Clinic.Conclusions: This study found no colonization of Steptococcus pyogenes in throat swabs of acute pharyngitis patients in Padjadjaran Clinic, however Streptococcus pyogenes was not the causative fact of acute pharyngitis. [AMJ.2016;3(1):69–72] DOI: 10.15850/amj.v3n1.716
Impact of Running Exercise Duration on Leg Muscle Strength among the people Joining Indorunners Bandung Community Agaprita Eunike Sirait; Yuni S. Pratiwi; Ginna Megawati
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2017)
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Background: Indorunners Bandung is a community for runners that has a routine exercise schedule for running around the city of Bandung. Exercise, like running, if is conducted in an accurate duration may improve physical fitness. One of the aspects of physical fitness is leg muscles strength. Many people fail to fathom the importance of exercise duration, so, they fail to get the benefit. The aim of this study was to discover the impact of running exercise duration on leg muscles strength among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community.Methods: A comparative study was conducted to 41 people, 31 males and 10 females, of Indorunners Bandung community from September to November 2015. Each participant filled a questionnaire about his/her personal data, and then was grouped by his/her duration of exercise per week, which were 150 minutes/week, 150–299 minutes/week, and 300 minutes/week or more. The respondents were measured for their leg muscles strength. The data collected were analyzed using ANOVA test.Results: There was significant difference of lower extremities muscle strength both in men (p<0.001) and women (p=0.029). These results showed that there was a difference in leg muscles strength among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community with different exercise duration per week.Conclusions: There is a difference in leg muscles strength among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community with different exercise duration per week. [AMJ.2017;4(1):69–72]DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n1.672 
Characteristic and Knowledge among Treatment Supporter of Children Patients with Tuberculosis at Lung Clinic Bandung October–November 2012 Kamelia Utami Suhada; Sri Yusnita Irda Sari; Diah Asri Wulandari; Elsa Pudji Setiawati
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2015)
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Background: Children are the most vulnerable to get TB infection and infected by adult patients. One of the components of Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) is direct observation by treatment supporter who has important role in the success of TB’s treatment. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics and knowledge among treatment supporter of children patients with TB at Lung Clinic Bandung.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in October-November 2012 to 96 treatment supporters of child patients who were diagnosed with TB, either new or old cases. They were selected by consecutive sampling at Lung Clinic Bandung. Validated questionnaire with 14 questions was administered. The percentage of the correct answers was categorized as good, moderate, and poor. The Characteristic variables included age, sex, education, occupation, relation with the patients, living at the same house, presence of other TB patients, and counseling given by providers. Data was analyzed using frequency distribution.Result: Most of the respondents were 21-30 years old (42.7%), female (84.4%), elementary school graduate (33.3%), unemployed (69.8 %), mother of the child, living in the same house, had other TB patients, and had received counseling by providers at Lung Clinic. The knowledge about TB among the respondents was moderate (56.3%). The respondents who had good knowledge had underwent the counseling session.Conclusions: The knowledge of the respondents was moderate. Further study on the relationship between the level of knowledge of treatment supporter and the adherence of TB treatment should be conducted. [AMJ.2015;2(1):167–71]
Correlation between Health Perception, Body Image, and Eating Habits in High School Students Abdullah Ichsan; Irvan Afriandi; Dida Akhmad Gurnida
Althea Medical Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2016)
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Background: Mental disorders, including eating disorders, mostly begin during youth. Moreover, negative body image is found to cause unhealthy eating habits in the context of several cross-cultural settings. This study aimed to examine the correlation between health perception and body image with eating habitsamong high school students.Methods: A structured, anonymous questionnaire was distributed to students of a private high school in Bandung, Indonesia in June-October 2014. The questionnaire included questions about health perception, body image, eating habits, body weight and height, and also other demographic parameters. The school was selected as the study object through purposive sampling, and 140 high school students (72 male and 68 female) were ramdomly selected.Results: Male and female did not show considerable differences in health perceptions. Out of 13 statements, 12 statements of male respondents showed better body image than female. While in eating habits statements, female respondents seemed to maintain healthier eating habits than male respondents. No significant correlation was observed between body image and eating habits (r=-0.015, p=0.858). There was significant correlation between health perception and eating habits (r=0.374, p<0.001). Correlation between sex andeating habits was found (p=0.020), there was not significant relationship between eating habits and Body Mass Index (BMI) (p=0.368).Conclusions: The negative relationship between body image and eating habits is not significant. However there was a significant positive relationship between health perception and eating habits. Furthermore, there was correlation between sex and eating habits, while the positive relationship between eating habits and BMI was still not found. [AMJ.2016;3(2):216–21]DOI: 10.15850/amj.v3n2.770
Comparison of Spatial Ability Between Male and Female Athletes Azkane Adila Putri; Leonardo Lubis; Paulus Anam Ong
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2017)
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Background: Spatial ability is the ability to understand and memorize spatial relationship beneficial objects. This domain of cognition is crucial in sport activity for deciding strategy. Sex is one of the factors that determine spatial ability. This study aimed to determine the comparison of spatial ability between male and female athletes.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by non-pairing comparative method. Data were taken on September 2015 in Indonesian National Sport Committee (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, KONI) Sport Center, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Spatial instrument used was Spatial Ability Test 1. Subjects were recruited from athletes of KONI, West Java, aged between 19-27 years old who were being trained for 19th National Sports Weeks (Pekan Olahraga Nasional, PON XIX) 2016. Mean value between male and female were compared using studies T-test with significance value (p)<0.05.Results: The total samples were 95 subjects, consisting of 44 males and 51 females. Results of the mean value in male were 29.16 (± 3.48) and female 28.80 (± 3.74).By using studies T-test, the significance outcome found was p = 0635 (p >0.05).Conclusions: There is no spatial ability differencesbetween male and female athletes of KONI, West Java DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n2.1093
Characteristics of Patients with Estrogen Receptor (ER)-Negative, Progesterone Receptor (PR)-Negative, and HER2-Negative Invasive Breast Cancer in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia from 2010 to 2011 Nadytia Kusumadjayanti; Dharmayanti Francisca Badudu; Bethy S. Hernowo
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 3 (2015)
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Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer that has been diagnosed among Indonesian women. One of the subtypes that frequently being studied is the triple negative breast cancer which has poorer prognosis among all subtypes. The objective of this study was to investigate the incidents and the characteristics of triple negative breast cancer patients.Methods: This study used triple negative breast cancer patients’ medical records in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital. Some characteristics were identified, such as age at presentation, menopause status, tumor size, stage at presentation, grades of tumor, pathological features, and metastatic status.  Data were taken during 2010 and 2011 and presented in table.Results: Thirty women among 252 patients were identified as having triple negative breast cancer. Based on those 30 cases, 11 patients were in the age group of 40‒55 years. Fifteen out of 30 cases were premenopausal. From 30 cases, 14 patients had tumor size bigger than 5 cm.  Sixteen cases had stage III tumor.  Most of the cases were invasive ductal carcinoma mammae as their histological features. Two cases had metastized to pleura.Conclusions: The incidence rate of triple negative breast cancer in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital is 11.9% with these common characteristics: range of age are between 40 to 45 years, have a premenopausal, had >5cm tumor , stage III tumor and has histological feature IDC, and only 2 patients were metastized to pleura. DOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n3.494
Bacterial Resistance Pattern to Cephalosporin in Patient with Chronic Osteomyelitis at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung Daniel Christian Fernandez; Ghuna Arioharjo Utoyo; Adhi Kristianto Suganli
Althea Medical Journal Vol 3, No 3 (2016)
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Background: Chronic osteomyelitis remains difficult to treat and has a high rate of relapse after apparently succesful treatment. Cephalosporin has been greatly used for the antibiotic intervention for patient with osteomyelitis. The objective of this study was to explore bacterial profile and its microbial resistance pattern of each generation of cephalosporin from patients with chronic osteomyelitis at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to 39 medical records from patients with chronic osteomyelitis at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital that met both inclusion and exclusion criteria. The bacterial pattern and antimicrobial susceptibility test results were obtained from both medical record and laboratory database for five years, during the period of Januari 2009 to December 2014. Data of bacterial species, type of Gram staining, and numbers of resistance isolates to antiobiotic were taken from the collected data and analyzed in form of frequency tabulation and percentages.Results: As high as 43−52% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates were resistant to all generation of cephalosporin. Coagulase-negative Staphylococci and Streptococcus spp. showed resistance to cephalosporin as high as 29% and 67%, respectively. This study also discovered that 5 of 23 Staphylococcus aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Klebsiella pneumoniae showed a leading number of resistance pattern for both third and fourth generation of cephalosporin (77%). Enterobacter cloacae showed highly resistance for both first and third generation of cephalosporin, between 57−86%.Conclusions: There is the high resistance of all bacteria to cephalosporin among chronic osteomyelitis patients. [AMJ.2016;3(3):376–81] DOI: 10.15850/amj.v3n3.883
Correlation between Postural Stability and Functional Mobility in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Arlinda De Hafsari; Vitriana Vitriana; Alwin Tahid
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 4 (2015)
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Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disorder caused by progressive erosion of articular cartilage. The joint which is commonly affected is theknee joint. Patient with knee OA has increasing pain with decreasing postural stability, and may cause decrease infunctional mobility of the body. The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation between stability and mobility in patients with knee OA.Methods: A cross sectional study was performed to 43 patients from the Rheumatology Clinic of Dr. HasanSadikin General Hospital, Bandung, during  September−October 2013. The ‘Timed Up and Go’ (TUG) test and stabillometric platform examination were performed to analyze the mobility and stability in subjects. The data were analyzed with Spearman’s Correlation.Results: Four subjects (9.30%) had normal functional mobility, 31 subjects (72.09%) had good mobility and need no help of others in their activities, and 8 subjects  (18.60%) had problems and could not stand and walk without help. This study also found 39 subjects (90.69%) had high risk of fall. The p value were 0.005 for correlation between knee OA and lateral static postural stability, 0.138 with anteroposterior static stability, 0.067 with dynamic to position of top right stability, 0.344 with dynamic to position of top left stability, 0.384 with dynamic to position of bottom left stability and 0.357 with dynamic to position of bottom right stability.Conclusions: There is a strong correlation between functional mobility with static postural stability, especially to the lateral position. [AMJ.2015;2(4):550–4] DOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n4.639
Refractive Errors in State Junior High School Students in Bandung Sabila Tasyakur Nikmah; Raden Maula Rifada; Putri Teesa Radhiyanti Santoso
Althea Medical Journal Vol 3, No 4 (2016)
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Background: Uncorrected refractive error is one of the avoidable causes of vision impairment in children and adults. Vision problem in children has been shown to affect their psychological and academic performance. This study aims at identifying and gaining more insights on the characteristic of the refractive errors in state junior high school students in Bandung to avoid uncorrected refractive errors.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September–November 2015 in state junior high schools in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Sample was selected using multistage random sampling technique. Children were examined using tumbling E examination; then students with visual acuity worse than 6/12 underwent Snellen Chart test, refractometry without pupil dilatation, correction with trial lens, then was followed by direct ophthalmoscopy.Results: From a total of 435 children who completed all the examination, 80 children (18.39%) had refractive errors; consisted of 151 eyes (94.38%) with myopia and 9 eyes (5.62%) with astigmatism. Refractive errors were found to be more common in female children (73.7%) than male children (26.3%). Among those with refractive errors, 45 children (56.3%) did not use any corrective glasses before the examination.Conclusions: Routine refractive error test in vision screening examination is needed for students. It is equally important to raise more awareness toward eye disease in community. [AMJ.2016;3(3):545–8]DOI: 10.15850/amj.v3n4.936
Description of Posner Schlossman Syndrome Patients in Bandung, Indonesia during the Period of August 2009 to July 2011 Kavitha Arunasalam; Erna Tjahjaningtyas; RA.Retno Ekowati
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2015)
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   Background: Posner-Schlossman Syndrome (PSS) is also known as Glaucomatocyclitic Crisis. It is a non–genetic, often misdiagnosed, and rare disease characterized by recurrent unilateral episodes of markedly elevated intraocular pressure which occurs simultaneously with mild inflammation of the uvea. The underlying cause of this disease is still unknown. This syndrome usually affects those who are 20 to 50 years old. The aim of this study was to perform a descriptive study on subjects diagnosed with PSS at the National Eye Centre Cicendo Eye Hospital Bandung Indonesia. Methods: The method used was a descriptive study carried out on subjects diagnosed with PSS at the National Eye Centre Cicendo Eye Hospital Bandung, Indonesia during the period of August 2009 to July 2011.Results: Of 31 patients, 19 (61.3%) female patients participated in the study, 12 (38.7%) aged 31–40 years, 9 (29.0%) had recurrences. All (100%) complained of blurred vision, 24 (77.4%) with accompanying vision of rainbow halo surrounding light in, and 22 (71%) had headache. A total of 27 (87.1%) patients suffered from the disease unilaterally. After treatment, 17 (54.8%) patients’ visual acuity improved and 20 (64.4%) patients’ intraocular pressure (IOP) were in normal range. Conclusions: PSS mostly affects females. The most prevalent age range is 31–40 years. Most are affected unilaterally. All of them present with the symptom of  blurred vision. Visual acuity and IOP are in normal limit after treatment.Keywords:  Eye vision, Posner Schlossman Syndrome, National Eye Centre Cicendo Eye HospitalDOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n1.421 

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